Europe is a continent steeped in history and Europe's past continues to shape its present.  Students enrolling in the minor in European History will have the opportunity to study modern and contemporary history with an emphasis on Europe’s intellectual and material impact on the wider world.  This minor gives students an opportunity to understand events, individuals and processes which have shaped contemporary Europe and much of the modern world.  

Learning outcomes

Students completing this minor will have the skills and knowledge to:

• recognise and reflect on the political, social, economic, and      cultural factors that have shaped Europe over the past millennium.
• evaluate competing accounts of European historical development and      changing representations of Europe’s past.
• analyse      primary historical evidence from a wide range of sources and in a variety      of media and forms. 
• interpret      the past using a variety of theoretical and thematic approaches.